Jan. 20, 2013
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President Obama's official portrait / Pete Souza, The White House

by David Jackson, USA TODAY

by David Jackson, USA TODAY

President Obama is giving his second inaugural address Monday, but aides say it is the first of a two-part presentation on his second-term agenda.

Part 2 comes Feb. 12 with Obama's State of the Union address.

"We view these speeches as a package," senior adviser David Plouffe said on CNN's State of the Union.

Monday's inaugural address is more thematic, Plouffe said, featuring Obama's "vision for his second term, and where he thinks the country needs to go in the years ahead," as well as "the values under-girding" that agenda.

The State of the Union will offer "a detailed agenda and blueprint," Plouffe said,

That agenda includes debt reduction that includes more tax revenue from the wealthy, a clean energy plan, the new gun control plan and an immigration bill.

As for the inaugural address, Plouffe told Fox News Sunday that Obama would stress the theme of national unity.

That includes one point Obama plans to make "very strongly," Plouffe said - "people here in Washington need to seek common ground."

Obama will use the inaugural address to discuss "how our founding principles and values can still guide us in today's modern and changing world."

Plouffe said, "He is going to say that our political system does not require us to resolve all of our differences or settle all of our disputes, but it is absolutely imperative that our leaders try and seek common ground when it can and should exist. That's going to be a very important part of the speech."